Sunday, July 09, 2006

The law of unintended consequences...


be careful what you ask for/demand...you may get it. Expect some vicious infighting and heads rolling at the NYT over this.
Boston Herald
Memo to Boston Globe [my note: owned by the NYT] gay and lesbian Guild employees: Get married or lose your domestic partner benefits...Benefits for domestic partners were originally offered to gay employees because they couldn’t legally marry,...Now that gay marriage is legal in Massachusetts companies that offer benefits to gay employees’ partners risk hearing cries of discrimination from unmarried straight couples...Such concerns played a role in the policy change at the Globe, said Steve Behenna, the newspaper’s compensation and benefits director...The Globe does not extend benefits to live-in partners of its heterosexual employees...

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